Nonlinear in-plane behavior of circular steel arches with hollow circular cross-section

In this work the nonlinear in-plane behavior of circular arches with hollow circular cross-section is investigated. The influence of a number of design parameters, such as the boundary conditions, the rise-to-span ratio, and the included angle on the strength is presented. Moreover, the effect of other behavior factors, such as the geometrical and material nonlinearities and the initial imperfections, is investigated. A criterion for the prediction of the type of nonlinear behavior of arches is given, and a formula for the determination of the nonlinear buckling load is proposed. It is found that the effect of initial imperfections on the strength depends largely on the arch slenderness and the imperfection magnitude in the case of shallow arches. When arches are deep this dependence becomes less significant. The effect of geometrical nonlinearity depends significantly on the shallowness and the slenderness of the arches. Stocky arches are less influenced by the rise-to-span ratio than slender ones. The effect of boundary conditions depends significantly on the shallowness of arches and the arch slenderness. The reduction of strength is larger in slender arches than in stocky ones.     

实腹式等截面纯压钢拱的平面内弹性屈曲系数

利用有限单元法对静水压力作用下的圆弧钢拱、沿水平轴分布的竖向均布荷载作用下的抛物线钢拱、沿拱轴线分布的竖向均布荷载作用下的悬链线拱的平面内弹性屈曲进行研究,考虑了屈曲前变形、剪切变形及长细比的影响。得到了三铰拱、两铰拱、固定拱的弹性屈曲系数的数值解。对数值解与传统的经典解进行了对比分析,数值解具有更高的精度。计算结果表明,长细比大约在20~50的范围内时,经典解具有很大的误差,用屈曲系数经典解得到的计算长度系数来进行这类纯压拱的平面内稳定性设计将非常不安全。     

Linear and non-linear stability analyses of thin-walled beams with monosymmetric I sections

The paper investigates beam lateral buckling stability according to linear and non-linear models. First, the classical linear stability solutions are derived from the stability equation in the case of monosymmetric cross-sections. Bending distribution, load height parameter and Wagner's coefficient effects are taken into account. In the second step, they are extended to non-linear stability by considering pre-buckling deformation and improved solutions are then obtained. Based on a finite element model developed for large torsion of thin-walled beams with open sections, the stability of beams under gradient moments (M₀, ψM₀, ?1≤ψ≤1) is particularly investigated. It is then concluded that beam lateral buckling resistance depends not only on pre-buckling deformation but also on section shape and load distribution. For bisymmetric I beam, closed form solutions are possible and pre-buckling deformations have an incidence. In the case of beams with monosymmetric I and Tee sections, effects of pre-buckling deflections are important only when the largest flange is in compression under M₀ and positive gradient moment. Analytical solutions are possible. For negative gradient moments all available solutions fail and numerical solutions are more powerful. Effect of gradient moments on stability of redundant beams is investigated at the end. Under such boundary conditions, important axial forces are present due to non-linear beam deformation. These forces, omitted in literature, have an incidence on stability. The element is then concerned with beam-column behaviour rather than beam stability.     

Out-of-plane elastic buckling load and strength design of space truss arch with a rectangular section

The out-of-plane stability of the two-hinged space truss circular arch with a rectangular section is theoretically and numerically investigated in this paper. Firstly, the flexural stiffness and torsional stiffness of space truss arches are deduced. The calculation formula of out-of-plane elastic buckling loads of the space truss arch is derived based on the classical solution of out-of-plane flexural-torsional buckling loads of the solid web arch. However, since the classical solution cannot be used for the calculation of the arch with a small rise-span ratio, the formula for out-of-plane elastic buckling loads of space truss arches subjected to end bending moments is modified. Numerical research of the out-of-plane stability of space truss arches under different load cases shows that the theoretical formula proposed in this paper has good accuracy. Secondly, the design formulas to predict the out-of-plane elastoplastic stability strength of space truss arches subjected to the end bending moment and radial uniform load are presented through introducing a normalized slenderness ratio. By assuming that all components of space truss circular arches bear only axial force, the design formulas to prevent the local buckling of chord and transverse tubes are deduced. Finally, the bearing capacity design equations of space truss arches are proposed under vertical uniform load.     

In-plane strength and design of parabolic arches

In the current AASHTO LRFD, the arch design formula is based on the bilinear interaction relationship between two extreme cases of the axial and the flexural strength. However, this method is not suitable for the design of the shallow arch which may buckle in a symmetric snap-through mode. Also, the use of the constant reduction factor for the design of arches leads to a conservative design. This paper investigates the in-plane buckling strength and design of parabolic arches. Firstly, the thresholds for the different buckling modes of shallow parabolic arches are summarized and boundaries for the deep and shallow arches are reported. The inelastic strengths of parabolic deep arches based on the finite element analyses are then compared with those presented in AASHTO LRFD. From the results, it is found that AASHTO LRFD provides good predictions of buckling strengths for the parabolic arches under only axial compression, while the bilinear interaction relationship provides conservative values for the in-plane strength of parabolic arches due to the use of constant reduction factors that can be applied regardless of loading and boundary conditions. The modified formulas for reduction factors are proposed for various loading and boundary conditions in this study. It is found that modified formulas for reduction factors show good match with the results obtained from finite element analyses.     

受弯圆弧拱平面外稳定承载力分析

为建立压弯钢拱平面外稳定承载力设计方法,对承受弯矩作用的受弯圆弧拱的稳定承载力进行系统研究,考察弯矩对其面外稳定的影响。采用有限元分析方法,考虑截面形式、初始几何缺陷、残余应力、矢跨比、拱脚条件及端弯矩比例的影响。首先针对均匀正弯矩作用,基于正则化长细比给出了焊接工形截面、焊接箱形截面及热轧圆管截面拱的平面外稳定曲线;之后对于不同比例的端弯矩作用下不均匀受弯情况,提出了平面外稳定承载力计算的等效正则化长细比法和等效弯矩系数法,为压弯圆弧拱设计方法的建立奠定基础。研究表明：采用正则化长细比,均匀正弯矩作用下圆弧拱的平面外稳定系数可采用与直梁类似的平面外稳定曲线;不等端弯矩作用的情况需引入等效正则化长细比或等效弯矩系数,以考虑弯矩梯度和负弯矩作用的影响;提出的两种平面外稳定承载力计算方法与大挠度弹塑性有限元分析结果吻合较好。     

均匀受压圆弧拱平面外弹塑性稳定设计方法

作为建立压弯钢拱平面外稳定承载力设计方法的第一步,综合考虑拱截面形式、初始几何缺陷、残余应力、矢跨比及拱脚条件的影响,通过弹塑性有限元分析,对均匀受压圆弧拱的平面外稳定承载力进行了数值分析,获得了平面外稳定设计曲线。研究表明：保向力作用下钢拱的平面外初始刚度及稳定承载力明显低于向心力作用下的相应结果,是一种较为不利的工况;相比几何初始缺陷和残余应力,矢跨比和拱脚条件对均匀受压圆弧拱平面外稳定承载力影响较大;通过引入拱正则化长细比,统一了不同矢跨比和拱脚条件的均匀受压圆弧拱的平面外稳定设计曲线的表达式;对于热轧圆钢管截面、焊接箱形截面、焊接工字形截面圆弧拱,可以采用GB 50017-2003《钢结构设计规范》中的b类、c类和d类截面的柱子曲线计算其平面外稳定承载力。     

Flexural-torsional buckling of shallow arches with open thin-walled section under uniform radial loads

An arch with an open thin-walled section that is subjected to a radial load uniformly distributed around the arch axis may suddenly buckle out of its plane of loading and fail in a flexural-torsional buckling mode. The classical flexural-torsional buckling load for an arch with an open thin-walled section under a uniform radial load has been obtained by a number of researchers, based on the consideration that the uniform radial load produces a uniform axial compressive force without in-plane bending prior to the occurrence of flexural-torsional buckling. This assumption is correct for deep arches. However, the uniform radial load may produce substantial bending actions in shallow arches prior to flexural-torsional buckling, and so the classical buckling analysis based on the assumption of uniform axial compression may produce incorrect flexural-torsional buckling loads for shallow arches. This paper investigates the flexural-torsional buckling of shallow arches with an open thin-walled section that are subjected to a radial load uniformly distributed around the arch axis. It is found that shallow arches under a uniform radial load are subjected to combined in-plane compressive and bending actions prior to flexural-torsional buckling, and that using the classical buckling solution for circular arches under uniform compression produces incorrect buckling loads for shallow arches. A rational finite element model is developed for the flexural-torsional buckling and postbuckling analysis of shallow arches with an open thin-walled section, which allows the buckling loads to be obtained correctly.     

Out-of-plane strength design of spatially trussed arches with a rectangular lattice section

Although several studies of the out-of-plane strength and design of steel arches with a solid web section have been reported, little research of the out-of-plane strength and design of spatially trussed arches has been reported in the open literature or design codes. In deference to the steel arch with a solid web section, the shear deformations play important parts in the out-of-plane inelastic buckling behavior of spatially trussed arches. In addition, global out-of-plane inelastic buckling of a spatially trussed arch is associated with local buckling of its components such as chord and diagonal web tubes and hence local component buckling influences the out-of-plane strength of the arch. This paper investigates the out-of-plane inelastic strength and design of spatially trussed circular arches with a rectangular lattice section under general loading using a three-dimensional nonlinear inelastic numerical approach. Methods for the out-of-plane inelastic strength and design of spatially trussed arches under uniform compression or under uniform bending are developed, based on which interaction equations for the design of spatially trussed steel arches under general loading against their out-plane failure are proposed. These interaction equations provide good lower bounds for the out-of-plane strength of spatially trussed arches.     

Time-dependent in-plane behaviour and buckling of concrete-filled steel tubular arches

This paper presents a theoretical analysis for the time-dependent behaviour and buckling of concrete-filled steel tubular (CFST) circular arches due to shrinkage and creep of the concrete core under a sustained uniform radial load. The algebraically tractable age-adjusted effective modulus method is used to model the time-dependent behaviour of the concrete core, based on which the differential equations of equilibrium for the time-dependent analysis of CFST arches are derived and analytical solutions for the long-term displacements, stresses and internal forces of CFST arches under the sustained load are obtained. It is shown that the visco-elastic effects of creep and shrinkage of the concrete core have significant long-term effects on the in-plane structural behaviour of CFST arches. The long-term radial and axial displacements, as well as the bending moment, increase substantially with time. For a CFST arch with a low area ratio of the steel tube to the concrete core, the long-term deformations may be excessive and affect the serviceability of the CFST arch. The increases of the long-term stresses in the steel tube with time are significant, while the long-term stresses in the concrete core decrease with time and may change from compressive to tensile if the time is sufficiently long. It is demonstrated that the time-dependent change of the equilibrium configuration of the CFST arch can lead to a buckling configuration being attained in the time domain under a sustained load, which is lower than the buckling loads of the CFST arch under short-term loading. The solution for the possible prebuckling structural life for time-dependent creep buckling of deep CFST arches is derived and can be used to determine the effects of various parameters on the creep buckling of a CFST arch.     

Non-linear model for stability of thin-walled composite beams with shear deformation

A geometrically non-linear theory for thin-walled composite beams is developed for both open and closed cross-sections and taking into account shear flexibility (bending and warping shear). This non-linear formulation is used for analyzing the static stability of beams made of composite materials subjected to concentrated end moments, concentrated forces, or uniformly distributed loads. Composite is assumed to be made of symmetric balanced laminates or especially orthotropic laminates. In order to solve the non-linear differential system, Ritz's method is first applied. Then, the resulting algebraic equilibrium equations are solved by means of an incremental Newton–Rapshon method. This paper investigates numerically the flexural–torsional and lateral buckling and post-buckling behavior of simply supported beams, pointing out the influence of shear–deformation for different laminate stacking sequence and the pre-buckling deflections effect on buckling loads. The numerical results show that the classical predictions of lateral buckling are conservative when the pre-buckling displacements are not negligible, and a non-linear buckling analysis may be required for reliable solutions.     

In-plane strength of concrete-filled steel tubular circular arches

More than 400 concrete-filled steel tubular (CFST) arch bridges have been constructed worldwide so far. However, design codes or guidance for the in-plane strength design of CFST arches are yet to be developed. In current design practice, the philosophy for the in-plane strength design of reinforced and prestressed concrete arches is widely adopted for CFST arches. For this, the CFST arches are considered under central or eccentric axial compression and are treated similarly to CFST columns, and the classical buckling load of CFST columns is used as the reference elastic buckling load of CFST arches. However, under transverse loading, the in-plane elastic buckling behaviour of CFST arches, particularly shallow CFST arches, is very different from that of CFST columns under axial compression. In addition, different from CFST columns under central or eccentric axial compression, CFST arches are subjected to significant nonlinear bending actions and transverse deformations prior to buckling and these will influence the strength of CFST arches greatly. Therefore, it is doubtful if the current method for in-plane strength design of CFST arches can provide correct strength predictions. In this paper, a method for the in-plane strength design of CFST circular arches, which is consistent with the current major design codes for steel structures, is developed by considering both geometric and material nonlinearities. A design equation for the in-plane strength capacity of CFST arches under uniform compression, and a lower-bound design equation for the in-plane strength check of CFST arches under combined actions of bending and compression are proposed.     

钢管混凝土圆拱的面内承载力分析

迄今为止,全世界已有400多座钢管混凝土拱桥。然而,有关钢管混凝土拱面内承载力的设计规范仍没有。目前,钢管混凝土拱的设计广泛采用钢筋混凝土及预应力混凝土拱的面内承载力设计方法。这样钢管混凝土拱可认为受轴压或偏压作用,相当于钢管混凝土柱。将钢管混凝土柱的经典屈曲荷载作为钢管混凝土拱的参考弹性屈曲荷载。然而,在横向荷载作用下,钢管混凝土拱的面内弹性屈曲性能与轴压下的钢管混凝土柱完全不同,尤其是对于薄壁钢管混凝土拱。另外,与轴压或偏压下钢管混凝土柱不同,钢管混凝土拱在屈曲之前就发生非线性弯曲和横向变形,这严重影响钢管混凝土拱的承载力。因此,钢管混凝土面内承载力的设计方法是否正确值得商榷。提出与现有钢结构设计规范基本一致的钢管混凝土圆拱承载力设计方法,并同时考虑了几何非线性和材料非线性的影响。提出均匀轴压下钢管混凝土拱的面内承载力设计方程,及弯矩和轴压共同作用下钢管混凝土拱面内承载力验算的下限设计方程。     

实腹圆弧钢拱的平面内稳定极限承载力设计理论及方法

拱的平面内稳定极限承载力设计一直没有成熟的规范指导。本文用有限壳单元模型先分析了工形截面两铰圆弧钢拱的平面内弹性屈曲性能,与拱的经典屈曲理论作了对比,指出了必须同时考虑长细比和矢跨比对屈曲荷载的影响。然后分析了两铰圆弧钢拱受静水压力和其它荷载作用下的弹塑性屈曲性能,指出了典型破坏机理为拱两侧1/4跨附近形成塑性铰导致结构失效。利用拱的弹性屈曲荷载定义了拱的正则化长细比,用Perry-Robertson公式的形式,建立了拱的稳定系数与正则化长细比的关系,提出了受静水压力的两铰圆弧钢拱的平面内稳定极限承载力设计方法,并用轴力和弯矩的两项相关公式提出了受其它荷载作用下的平面内稳定极限承载力设计方法。     

General analysis and application to redundant arches under static loading

The aim of this paper is to define an exact formulation of a curved beam finite element for static analysis. The basic equations are combined in the coupled fundamental system in terms of radial displacement v, tangential displacement u and rotation ϕ. An original procedure for solving the fundamental system of equations is used. A finite element formulation based on shape functions that satisfy the homogeneous form of the fundamental system of differential equations is developed. The effects of bending moment, axial extension and transverse shear are taken into account. The exact elastic solution renders the element obtained free of shear and membrane locking.An efficient numerical procedure is presented for determining the pressure curve in the case of circular arches under static loading and arbitrary bonding conditions. The solution obtained is applicable to the analysis of both thin and thick curved beams.Several examples of arches with various loading and boundary conditions are investigated to illustrate the validity and the accuracy of the method. Finally, the effect of the arch rise on the structural response is pointed out.     

有平面外支撑的工形截面圆弧钢拱弹性稳定性能及支撑刚度设计

采用有限元特征值屈曲数值方法，对平面外支撑工形截面圆弧拱弹性屈曲荷载及其刚度取值进行研究。在考虑各种荷载条件与拱脚条件下，研究了支撑刚度，约束类型、数量以及作用位置对钢拱平面外屈曲性能的影响，对于设置等间距侧向支撑的情况，给出了侧向支撑弹性门槛刚度的拟合式，并提出了支撑点间拱段不发生平面外弹性失稳的条件。研究结果表明：平面外支撑越靠近拱顶，其防止平面外失稳的工作效率越高；设置侧向支撑的钢拱屈曲时，随着支撑刚度的增大其屈曲半波数逐渐增加，而仅在拱顶设置扭转约束时始终呈现1个半波失稳模式；从均匀受压圆弧拱的情况获得的等间距侧向支撑门槛刚度，应用在其他组合荷载作用下，同样可以获得足够的支承刚度；当工形截面钢拱的支撑点间拱段长度满足所提出的要求时，钢拱平面外失稳不先于平面内反对称整体失稳。     

压弯圆弧拱平面外稳定承载力设计方法

在均匀受压及受弯圆弧拱平面外稳定设计理论成果的基础上，采用大挠度弹塑性有限元分析方法，对压弯圆弧拱的平面外稳定承载力进行研究；考虑了钢拱几何参数、拱脚条件、截面形式、荷载组合等因素的影响，以有限元算例为依据，建立了压弯圆弧拱平面外稳定承载力的实用设计方法。研究表明：从圆弧拱的内力分布角度出发，通过引入轴力平均值、拱中段1/3弧长范围内最大弯矩以及考虑弯矩不均匀变化的受弯稳定系数等参数，建立基于稳定承载力N-M相关公式，在各种拱脚条件及复杂荷载组合工况下均具有较好的适用性。     

桩承路堤土拱效应现场试验与分析

桩承路堤在路堤自重作用下形成竖向土拱,并通过土拱传递荷载,其浅层荷载传递机制直接影响到桩土的协调工作和地基的加固效果。为研究桩承路堤中竖向土拱效应的特性,通过设置试验段进行了现场试验,对采集到的应力与变形数据进行了分析处理。研究结果表明,刚性桩支承路堤中存在明显的竖向土拱效应,且在路堤浅层采用粗粒土填料填筑有利于路堤中连续、稳定的土拱的形成,能够起到更好的加固效果。最后提出了一些合理化建议,可供设计与施工人员参考。     

钢拱结构设计理论与我国钢拱结构技术规程

钢拱结构在竖向荷载作用下拱脚产生水平推力,将外荷载产生的弯矩转化为轴向压力,具有较高的结构承载效率。作为承受压力和弯矩为主的构件,钢拱结构的稳定性能成为研究和设计中的主要问题。钢拱结构稳定问题的复杂性导致其稳定承载力设计理论的研究和应用严重滞后于工程实践。目前国内外均无较完善的设计规范或相关规程,我国正在编制的JGJ《铜拱结构技术规程》将在大量研究成果基础上补充这方面的内容。     

截面为倒三角形的格构式圆弧拱屋盖系统的稳定性设计探析与应用

对钢拱结构的分类、受力特点、钢拱结构整体稳定性类型及分析方法进行阐述;指出圆弧钢拱结构的失稳类型,解释圆弧钢拱失稳破坏的特点;对纯压拱和压弯拱稳定性设计方法进行比较。结合空间格构式圆弧钢拱屋盖工程实例,参照国内外相关拱结构稳定性理论的研究文献和成果资料,对圆弧钢拱结构受力进行分析,对压弯钢拱稳定性设计的计算方法进行验算,提出提高钢拱结构稳定性的措施。